Crash injures teenager

Dec. 31, 2012, 9:54 a.m.

POLICE expect to lay further charges over a two-car collision that left a teenager with serious head injuries in the early hours of Saturday. The 18-year-old, from Goulburn, was in a serious but improving condition in Canberra Hospital yesterday after being airlifted from the crash scene.

The man handed himself into police five hours later, Inspector Rob Post said.

He and his three passengers were driving south on Marys Mount Rd in a 2001 Holden Calais sedan when it impacted with the hatchback.

The 18-year-old girl in the Hyundai was trapped before being flown to Canberra Hospital by Snowy Hydro SouthCare helicopter with serious head injuries and multiple fractures, police said.

A 20-year-old woman who was travelling in the rear seat of the sedan also sustained multiple fractures, while the 28- year-old male front passenger and 17-year-old male rear passenger were also injured.

They were taken to Goulburn Base Hospital after being treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics. On Saturday some of them underwent x-rays and scans.

The 30-year-old was also later taken to hospital for mandatory blood tests.

Four ambulances and NSW Fire and Rescue also attended the scene, the latter as a precaution.

All of the people involved were from Goulburn.

Inspector Post said on Saturday there was a “high possibility” of further charges pending.

Inspector Post would not speculate on possible charges, saying police were awaiting witness statements, blood test results on the drivers of both vehicles and scientific tests on the cars.

Crime scene investigators also attended the site.

Witnesses included the cars’ occupants and a taxi driver travelling behind one of the vehicles.